Commodore Books is the first and only black literary press in western Canada.

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Praise for Fred Booker's Adventures in Debt Collection.

"The stories speak subtly to the power of collective action. They meditate on the place of the individual in multiple social contexts -- ethnicity, gender, field of employment, personal and collective histories -- of contemporary life in Western Canada. They are also fun and memorable. This is an auspicious debut for an eminently welcome literary project."

—Charles Demers, "Tale of a 'Bad White Black Man'" The Tyee

"...these are subtle mediations on growing up black in Canada... [Fred Booker] is a refreshing addition to the scene."

"In the whole history of Western Canada, there's never been a book-publishing enterprise owned and operated by black people. Nor has one Prairie or B.C. press ever devoted itself solely to putting black stories and literature between covers and distributing the results.... Vernon will be bringing the cutting edge of identity politics to Commodore Books, whereas Compton is likely to provide a gifted researcher's endless stream of crucial arcana ... SFU professor David Chariandy looks to add a panoramic knowledge of Afro-Canadian literature to Commodore's emerging assets. They're a high-powered trio, all in all."